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Python Tutorial: Deploy a linear regression model with SQL
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08/06/2020 • 4 minutes to read •
In this article
Prerequisites
Create a stored procedure that generates the model
Store the model in a database table
Create a stored procedure that makes predictions
Next steps
Applies to: SQL Server 2017 (14.x) and later Azure SQL Managed Instance
In part four of this four-part tutorial series, you'll deploy a linear regression model developed in Python into a SQL Server database
using Machine Learning Services or Big Data Clusters.
In this article, you'll learn how to:
＂ Create a stored procedure that generates the machine learning model
＂ Store the model in a database table
＂ Create a stored procedure that makes predictions using the model
＂ Execute the model with new data
In part one, you learned how to restore the sample database.
In part two, you learned how to load the data from a database into a Python data frame, and prepare the data in Python.
In part three, you learned how to train a linear regression machine learning model in Python.
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Prerequisites
Part four of this tutorial assumes you have completed part one and its prerequisites.
Create a stored procedure that generates the model
Now, using the Python scripts you developed, create a stored procedure generate_rental_py_model that trains and generates the
linear regression model using LinearRegression from scikit-learn.
Run the following T-SQL statement in Azure Data Studio to create the stored procedure to train the model.
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-- Stored procedure that trains and generates a Python model using the rental_data and a linear regression algorithm
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS generate_rental_py_model;
go
CREATE PROCEDURE generate_rental_py_model (@trained_model varbinary(max) OUTPUT)
AS
BEGIN
EXECUTE sp_execute_external_script
@language = N'Python'
, @script = N'
from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression
import pickle
df = rental_train_data
# Get all the columns from the dataframe.
columns = df.columns.tolist()
# Store the variable well be predicting on.
target = "RentalCount"
# Initialize the model class.
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lin_model = LinearRegression()
# Fit the model to the training data.
lin_model.fit(df[columns], df[target])
# Before saving the model to the DB table, convert it to a binary object
trained_model = pickle.dumps(lin_model)'
, @input_data_1 = N'select "RentalCount", "Year", "Month", "Day", "WeekDay", "Snow", "Holiday" from dbo.rental_data
where Year < 2015'
, @input_data_1_name = N'rental_train_data'
, @params = N'@trained_model varbinary(max) OUTPUT'
, @trained_model = @trained_model OUTPUT;
END;
GO
Store the model in a database table
Create a table in the TutorialDB database and then save the model to the table.
1. Run the following T-SQL statement in Azure Data Studio to create a table called dbo.rental_py_models which is used to store the
model.
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USE TutorialDB;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.rental_py_models;
GO
CREATE TABLE dbo.rental_py_models (
model_name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT('default model') PRIMARY KEY,
model VARBINARY(MAX) NOT NULL
);
GO
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2. Save the model to the table as a binary object, with the model name linear_model.
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DECLARE @model VARBINARY(MAX);
EXECUTE generate_rental_py_model @model OUTPUT;
INSERT INTO rental_py_models (model_name, model) VALUES('linear_model', @model);
Create a stored procedure that makes predictions
1. Create a stored procedure py_predict_rentalcount that makes predictions using the trained model and a set of new data. Run the
T-SQL below in Azure Data Studio.
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DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS py_predict_rentalcount;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE py_predict_rentalcount (@model varchar(100))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @py_model varbinary(max) = (select model from rental_py_models where model_name = @model);
EXECUTE sp_execute_external_script
@language = N'Python',
@script = N'
# Import the scikit-learn function to compute error.
from sklearn.metrics import mean_squared_error
import pickle
import pandas
rental_model = pickle.loads(py_model)
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df = rental_score_data
# Get all the columns from the dataframe.
columns = df.columns.tolist()
# Variable you will be predicting on.
target = "RentalCount"
# Generate the predictions for the test set.
lin_predictions = rental_model.predict(df[columns])
print(lin_predictions)
# Compute error between the test predictions and the actual values.
lin_mse = mean_squared_error(lin_predictions, df[target])
#print(lin_mse)
predictions_df = pandas.DataFrame(lin_predictions)
OutputDataSet = pandas.concat([predictions_df, df["RentalCount"], df["Month"], df["Day"], df["WeekDay"],
df["Snow"], df["Holiday"], df["Year"]], axis=1)
'
, @input_data_1 = N'Select "RentalCount", "Year" ,"Month", "Day", "WeekDay", "Snow", "Holiday" from rental_data
where Year = 2015'
, @input_data_1_name = N'rental_score_data'
, @params = N'@py_model varbinary(max)'
, @py_model = @py_model
with result sets (("RentalCount_Predicted" float, "RentalCount" float, "Month" float,"Day" float,"WeekDay"
float,"Snow" float,"Holiday" float, "Year" float));
END;
GO
2. Create a table for storing the predictions.
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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS [dbo].[py_rental_predictions];
GO
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CREATE TABLE [dbo].[py_rental_predictions](
[RentalCount_Predicted] [int] NULL,
[RentalCount_Actual] [int] NULL,
[Month] [int] NULL,
[Day] [int] NULL,
[WeekDay] [int] NULL,
[Snow] [int] NULL,
[Holiday] [int] NULL,
[Year] [int] NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
3. Execute the stored procedure to predict rental counts
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--Insert the results of the predictions for test set into a table
INSERT INTO py_rental_predictions
EXEC py_predict_rentalcount 'linear_model';
-- Select contents of the table
SELECT * FROM py_rental_predictions;
You should see results similar to the following.
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You have successfully created, trained, and deployed a model. You then used that model in a stored procedure to predict values based
on new data.
Next steps
In part four of this tutorial series, you completed these steps:
Create a stored procedure that generates the machine learning model
Store the model in a database table
Create a stored procedure that makes predictions using the model
Execute the model with new data
To learn more about using Python with SQL machine learning, see:
Python tutorials
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